My abortion represents the 99% of abortions performed. Even so, for me, It was an indescribable horror, nothing to be celebrated or cheered in favor of. That is MY experience.
Abortion at 17 – and still regretting it
Burlington GOP candidate blocked on local Facebook page
In Burlington, social media operators cancel a gay Republican candidate for City Council. Soooo ‘inclusive.’
Roper: OF COURSE the rent is too high
The next time a politician laments on the campaign trail that the rent is too high, take a moment to see if their voting record helped make it so.
From Baghdad to Berlin, VT: Iraqi immigrant serves in VT National Guard
Ali Aljarah emigrated to Vermont with his family from Baghdad, Iraq, after anti-U.S. militia targeted his family with bombs.
VT to get $60 million in opioid settlement
Vermont’s cut of a national legal settlement with opioid manufacturers is about $60 million.
Waiving pitchforks on Front Porch Forum
A university professor scheduled to speak at s Friday night public gathering on CRT was called “an open white supremacist” on Underhill’s Front Porch Forum. Another speaker, organizer of a Jan. 6 bus ride to Washington D.C., was called a ‘traitor.’
School choice at last! New Hampshire pays tuition to private schools
Across the Connecticut River, state tuition may now go to private schools. What’s stopping Vermont?
Fiery, fatal crash
A Richmond man died in a fiery crash this morning. Speeding is believed to have been a factor.
UI computer upgrade lacks details, IT analyst says
A state analyst says the State of Vermont is moving too quickly on its plan to replace its decrepit unemployment insurance computer.
Killing millfoil on Lake Iroquois
Hated millfoil is being reduced on one Vermont lake after another.
Water Cooler: Beaches, Baptist Church close / White paint leads cops to burglar / Record-high OD deaths / Safety escorts
Crime doesn’t pay. Especially when the cops find you by following the trail of white paint.
‘Support Our Police’ sign ordered removed after ‘racist’ complaint
A Woodstock police officer was told to remove a “Support Our Police” sign from in front of the police department because, he was told, someone complained it’s racist.
Sanders bill shifts power over military from president to Congress
A bill introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders would shift power over the U.S. military from the president to Congress.
Utility execs join new broadband board
Governor Phil Scott has appointed Vermont utility executives Patty Richards and Dan Nelson to the newly established Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB). Richards will serve as chair and Nelson will fill one of four board member positions.
Bat get into your house?
One little part of my brain knows the bat in my house isn’t going to hurt me. But all the rest of me is like, I AM GOING TO DIE.
Cuba, Bernie’s Fantasy Island
Sanders should speak to Florida’s Cuban population before he decides to sing the praises of a murderous tyrant like Fidel Castro.
Opinion: Catholic school OK to not hire lesbian
A Catholic school in Morrisville should not be required to hire a lesbian teacher.
Committee favors legislative live-streaming, room capacity limits
A straw poll taken by a legislative committee today favors live streaming committee meetings and restricting the number of people in committee rooms.
Feared school shooter shows ‘run, hide, fight’ student response protocol
Vermont State College students are taught to fight off armed intruders – but only as a last resort.
Water Cooler: UVMMC wants outpatient surgical center / downtown Burlington can’t fill jobs / homeless in Montpelier city parks / heating fuel costs to rise
As Montpelier considers putting homeless people in city parks, a Burlington-based hospital wants to build an outpatient surgical center. And a propane dealer says costs will rise this winter.
Vaxxed Vermonters may visit Canada August 9
The Canadian government will open its borders to vaccinated Americans who successfully apply for entry online.
Sign health freedom scroll July 25 in Lyndonville
Sunday, July 25 in Lyndonville will be the first stop for the “We the People Declare Health Freedom” scroll, which attendees will be able to sign, before it embarks on its statewide journey.
Keelan: what’s next, Legislature? UVM sports boycott?
Will Vermont join California in boycotting other, less woke states? And if so, will UVM sports be the tool?
11 deaths, 68 serious Vermont vaccine ‘adverse events’ reported
According to a CDC registry, 11 Vermonters have died as a result of Covid-19 vaccination.
Page: Ben & Jerry’s boycotts Israel, embraces China
Left-leaning Ben & Jerry’s boycotts Israel, but still makes a big killing on Bing Keeling in China.
CRT ‘pernicious,’ UVM Prof says
CRT forces people to define themselves as either a good person or “some unhuman composite,” UVM Prof. Aaron Kindsvatter claimed.
Senate “tackled” pensions? Not really
That can of pension underfunding the Legislature kicked down the road is now the size of a bulk tank.
Water Cooler: Cost of rent outpaces wages / Admiral George Dewey & Olympia / Elder care labor shortage / Amtrak returns today / Fireworks damage neighbor’s home / Swimmer rescued from falls
Amtrak returns to Vermont today. Wage earners can’t afford the rent. Nursing homes need workers. A swimmer was rescued from beautiful, perilous Bingham Falls.
Baitfish banned in brook trout ponds
Baitfish pose a threat to native brook trout that have existed in Vermont ponds for thousands of years.
Updated: Balloon pilot Boland owned small airport, museum
The airport owner and balloon pilot who fell to his death Thursday told videographer Ryan Miller that ballooning is a ‘zen’ act in which one gives up control.
Three beltless drivers die over weekend
Three Vermonters died in single-vehicle accidents on rural highways over the weekend, Vermont State Police said. All three victims were driving in good weather conditions. All were thrown from their vehicles. None wore seat belts.
Vet Town Hall, protecting Civil War monuments on agenda in Fair Haven
Veterans are organizing to maintain war memorials in public parks.
Opinion: Welcome Cubans craving freedom
Cubans love freedom. Let’s give it to them.
UVM mandates ’emergency use’ Covid vax for all students
Without waiting for final FDA approval, the University of Vermont will require all students to be vaccinated for Covid-19.
Watercooler: Enough is enough: revolving door for repeat offenders / mold in women’s prison / Warning issued after lawmaker’s electric car fire / Universal school meals urged
Police are getting fed up with the revolving door for repeat offenders. There’s a bad mold problem in the women’s prison. After the EV owned by a Vermont lawmaker caught on fire, warnings were issued about not over-charging.
Flanders: Left threatened by King’s ‘Content of Their Character’ dream
My classmates learned that I could exceed expectations of even the average girl. And our Math Teams WON while I was Captain.
Vaccinated Americans may enter Canada by mid-August
Americans should be able to cross the border into Canada by mid-August – but only if fully vaccinated, Premier Justin Trudeau says. The U.S. – Canada border should open by mid-August – but only for vaccinated Americans,
Police struggle with pandemic road rage
Across the country, road rage altercations already were a problem before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. But in some areas, police say they’ve seen incidents spike during the past year and a half, as people have become more stressed and tensions have flared more easily.
656 state workers earn $100K or more
656 Vermont state employees earn $100K or more – up 13% from June, 2019, according to data.vermont.gov.
Reeve Lindbergh ends term with Vermont Arts Council
Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974), and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), has ended her long-serving role as a trustee of the Vermont Arts Council.
Johnson to join Metaxas, Chang in Vermont Sept. 10-11 re: Chinese Communist Party
Popular podcaster Will Johnson will join China expert Gordon Chang and radio host/biographer Eric Metaxas in Vermont September 10-11 to educate Vermonters about the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Windham, Bennington counties among 10 ‘least religious’ counties in U.S.
Vermont’s two southernmost counties are among the 10 least religious counties in the U.S..
Water Cooler: Stabbings at Burlington homeless camp / Former priest accused of child sex abuse / Passport desperation / School principal sentenced in sex case / Hallquist outlines broadband plans
Vermonters desperate for passports are converging on the federal building in St. Albans. A former priest is accused of child sex abuse and a school principal is sentenced for a sex offense. Gov. Scott’s one-time challenger outlines her plans for Vermont broadband. These headlines and more from Vermont media.
Climate councilors back carbon tax
Members of the Vermont Climate Council agreed (not so regretfully) that paying for carbon emission programs will require a carbon tax.
Condos backs election bill Ted Cruz calls ‘Corrupt Politicians Act’
Both Sen. Patrick Leahy and Secretary of State Jim Condos say voters should trust Congress to make the rules for state elections. Sen. Ted Cruz says the For The People Act proves just the opposite.
Water Cooler: porn guilty pleas/ Starbucks, housing in Berlin/ free courses at UVM / Delta variant in VT
Today’s hot media headlines from around the state.
Iowa farmboy Tom Breuer became accomplished engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist
When not leading his various businesses or engaging in philanthropic work, Tom Breuer enjoyed getting back to his Iowa dirt-farmer roots on his “hundred-acre wood” in the mountains of Stowe.
No door-to-door vaccine evangelists in Vermont, Scott says
The State of Vermont will not participate in President Biden’s proposed door-to-door campaign to urge vaccination in low-vaccination rate communities.
McClaughry: Parents are waking up
What parents are awakening to is that their children are being told the lie that America has made little or no racial progress and therefore its legal, economic and political systems must be turned upside down.
Fernandez: the veiled history of Arab-Moslem Slavery
Are Vermont students even being taught the 1300-year record of the black slave trade beneath the whip of Arab-Moslem masters?
Scott talks infrastructure with Biden at White House today
Gov. Phil Scott will meet with President Biden today about spending on infrastructure.
Cairns: Advance child tax credit a landmine
The Advance Child Tax Credit is an entitlement that needs to be repealed. However, it will do a lot of damage in the meantime, a Stowe tax advisor says.
Water Cooler: 10-car pileup / Burlington City councilor and former VPIRG staffer accused of sex assault / beaches close / Gypsy Moth to be renamed
Headlines from Vermont media: the Gypsy Moth will get a new, less ethnically-sensitive name. Cyanobacteria closing beaches. A Burlington city councilor has been accused on social media of sexually assaulting a fellow VPIRG worker.
Memorial service for Tom Breuer Saturday, July 17
Tom Breuer of Stowe died unexpectedly early Sunday morning.
Leahy wants new, $27 million ‘rapid response’ strike force for next ‘insurrection’
Sen. Pat Leahy has introduced a bill to spend billions on U.S. Capitol security, including a brand-new, $27 million U.S. Capitol Protection Task Force, a rapid response team to deal with future threats.
McClaughry: The Big Apple gun hassle
New York City makes it almost impossible to get a permit to carry a firearm for self-protection. Here’s what TV journalist John Stossel had to do when he applied.
Burlington resolution decrims prostitution
The Burlington City Council last night unanimously approved a resolution to decriminalize prostitution.
Orleans equity consultants deny teaching white shame
Do Orleans teachers carefully distinguish between white skin color and the academic concept of Whiteness? Are teenaged students understanding it and accepting it without shame?
Four reasons to oppose expanding sales tax
You thought college was already expensive? The state wants to tax tuition.And aren’t we told that affordable childcare is already a problem?
Warner: Critical Grace Theory
Marx, like so many others, virtually plagiarizes the teachings of Jesus.
Water Cooler: Hacker reports child porn / big VT media merger / homicide & bail reform / donut bus
A hacker discovered child porn and reported it. Big non-profit media in Vermont just got bigger. A NY homicide raises questions about bail reform on both sides of Lake Champlain.
Mandated food scraps attract bears
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says many people are having problems with bears looking for food near their homes, and with the food scrap ban in effect the department is providing tips for people who are composting at home so they can avoid attracting hungry bears.
Opinion: Biden destroys jobs, increases dependence on Russia
Gasoline has increased 50 percent and building materials 100 percent. Food prices are increasing the fastest in history with no slow down. But Biden says our greatest threat is white racism.
Moose lands on truck – Pebbles the dog OK
After The Camry struck the moose, the moose landed on a Toyota Tundra.
Billado: Shutting down the power play
S79 would have created 6.5 new bureaucratic positions in state government, with an annual appropriation of $850,000 for pay and benefits. That works out to $130,000 per bureaucrat–an insult to every Vermonter.
Speeding 94 MPH in Barre City
July 9 at 6:44 pm, State Police stopped a vehicle for a speeding violation on VT RT 62, near the Berlin Town line in Barre City. The vehicle driven by Caleb Deneef, […]
VT GOP plans suit over non-citizen voting
The Vermont Republican Party will pursue legal action against recently passed non-citizen voting laws.
Biden names Scott to governors’ council
President Biden has appointed Governor Phil Scott to the President’s Council of Governors for a two-year term.
Former state lawmakers, unite!
Former South Burlington lawmaker Frank Mazur reports that what prompted several Florida legislators to initiate a new association of former state lawmakers is the increased centralization and overreach of national government that put state sovereignty at risk.
Vax passport ban proposed for GOP
A resolution banning vaccination passports will be offered to the Vermont Republican Party state committee Saturday.
Alleged heroin dealer busted – then jailed by feds
Getting busted for heroin distribution in the federal system doesn’t mean a written citation saying ‘see you in court in two months.’
Illegals stopped after car races across library lawn into US
Seven people tried to enter the U.S. by racing in a car across the Haskell Free Library Lawn. They were apprehended later and returned to Canada.
Vaccine passport black market grows
Fake vaccine passports are being sold to people who don’t want to get vaccinated but want to show a record that they have been.
Equity/CRT info meeting July 14 in Barre
An informational meeting for Vermonters concerned about Equity/CRT in schools will be held July 14 at the Canadian Club in Barre.
RNC co-chair: Vermont non-citizen voting part of Democrat attack on elections
Democrats across America are trying to tear down our country’s constitutional foundations brick by brick. Nowhere is this more evident than in the assault the far-left has launched on election integrity nationwide.
Woman charged with State House assault referred to court diversion
A Calais woman who police say pepper-sprayed three Vermont Liberty supporters and struck one of them on the State House Lawn May 15 was charged July 2 with three misdemeanors. Today, she was referred for court diversion.
7/8 Water Cooler: Ernie Farrar dead; Danziger and Vietnam; WCAX investigates Burlington ‘policing’ contract; State House tours begin
Longtime WVMT radio show host Ernie Farrar dead; cartoonist Danziger discusses his Vietnam experience; WCAX investigates Burlington ‘policing’ contract; State House tours begin
Winooski, Montpelier non-citizen voting part of national trend
Lawmakers in Washington, DC, Illinois and New York City this year are considering legislation that would offer the vote to noncitizens for local elections, such as for city council or the school board.
Friends of Craig Bensen to gather August 21
Family and friends of Rev. Craig Bensen are invited to celebrate his life, legacy and consider how to continue his work at 2 PM, Saturday, August 21 at Hunger Mountain Christian Assembly on Rte. 100 in Waterbury Center.
Google unfairly drives up app prices, VT AG suit says
The States accuse Google of using its market dominance to unfairly restrict competition with the Google Play Store, harming consumers by limiting choice and driving up app prices.
McClaughry: Hospital to pay single-payer architect $400K
I have a real problem when a wizard comes into Vermont, creates an unworkable $3 billion plan, ignores all criticism, watches it implode, abruptly gets out of town – and then reappears seven years later to pocket $400,000 a year to supply her clear vision that produced a colossal failure last time around.
Another suspected heroin dealer ‘cited to appear’ in court
It’s happened again. Following a long, multi-agency investigation, a suspected heroin dealer has been arrested – and then released with a citation to appear in court more than two months hence.
Felker to hold listening session on homelessness July 14
The Christopher-Aaron Felker For Ward 3 Campaign will hold the first of four scheduled Community Listening Sessions 6-8 pm Wednesday, July 14.
Critical Race Theory will cripple America – if we allow it
The proponents of this teaching will negatively teach our children and grandchildren to hate, be racist, and to judge all people by the color of their skin.
Water Cooler 7/7: IRS sending checks to families; biggest VT cannabis company sold; Peter Welch’s infrastructure plans
Headlines in today’s VT media – Congressman Peter Welch has big plans to spend tax $$ in Vermont. Families with minor children will soon get regular checks from the federal government. Vermont’s biggest cannabis company sold out to Big Marijuana.
Vermont gun sales remain strong in 2021
During the first six months of 2021, federal background checks for Vermont firearms purchases were down – but only slightly – from last year’s record high numbers.
Water Cooler 7/6: sheriff takes over St. Albans policing; masks required in courthouses; State House opens; Loons get oil spill $$; Camel’s Hump rescue
The State House has reopened, and so have most courthouses – but masks are still required in the latter. These headlines and more…..
Keelan: Why the super-rich pay no taxes
Just how DO the super-rich avoid paying taxes? Columnist and retired CPA Don Keelan explains.
Wagner: In the blink of an eye, everything has changed
All of a sudden we see a move to defund the police, move BIPOC to the head of the line, allow 16-year-olds to vote, ensure that mail-in balloting is the way to vote, tax 200 new goods and services and shame all white Vermonters. What’s the hurry?
Middlebury moves towards cannabis store
At Town Meeting this March, Middlebury voters ok’d the operation of cannabis retailers locally. The question remains: where and how will the “weed” be regulated in town?
Family in drifting boat rescued after midnight
An adult and four children were rescued after midnight Monday, July 5, by a State Game Warden who found them adrift in a boat without power on Lake Dunmore in Salisbury.
Levine: vax more effective, better tested than ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine
There are very few true ‘vaccine skeptics’ in Vermont, Commissioner Mark Levine said. He also said vaccines are better tested and more effective than alternative therapies ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.
After month in Capitol, VT Guard practices ‘peacekeeping’ in Europe
Following a month-long mission at the Capitol in Washington DC, 400 Vermont National Guard soldiers are in Europe training for dealing with civilian unrest in Kosovo.
Roper: ‘Global Warming Solutions’ a facade for CRT
Critical Race Theory is the dominant lens through which the Vermont Climate Council is approaching its mission of greenhouse gas reduction.
Fernandez: ‘Adultist’ the trendy new label for indoctrination
Action Civics is the beginning of recruitment efforts to pit children against their parents for not supporting ‘equity’ and ‘inclusion’ – in other words, the neo-racist policies designed for the institution of communism in the U.S.
Evslin: Self-driving car’s ethical dilemma could kill you
The car is on a narrow mountain road with a 3000 foot drop off to the left and a solid cliff on the right. It comes around a turn and there are four children unaccountably in the road. There is not enough space to stop or even slow down substantially. The car knows that.
Historians, re-enactors celebrate “Breakenridge Stand-off”
Six years before the Battle of Bennington, the Green Mountain Boys were born when a handful of Vermonters frustrated the plans of a posse of New Yorkers in the “Breakenridge Stand-off.” Re-enactors and historians will celebrate the 250th anniversary of this little-known but important event Sunday, July 18.
Pedestrian killed on Rte. 7
A pedestrian died while trying to cross Rte. 7 in Rutland Town Sunday night.
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NEA rejects mandatory k-12 vax, masking; endorses CRT
At its annual meeting last week, the parent organization of one of Vermont’s most influential unions rejected a school vax and mask mandate, but backed CRT.
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